Hi All from Christchurch NZ... since we last spoke we've travelled from Quennstown to Dunedin which is a very pretty Scottish style city then up the coast to Timaru and on to CHristchurch......its pretty amazing we've made it anywhere given the state of our hire car - to say its ancient is a massive understatement - its got 120,000km on the clock and Shell reckons its already gone round the clock a couple of times .......she's really missing her little Yaris...

Hi All in Queenstown at the moment having a great time !! we've finished the 15 day Connections tour and we're having a couple of days chilling before we start our own big adventure touring around the rest of this amazing country... Queenstown is a beautiful place set right in the middle of the mountains, it looks like something straight from the Lord Of The Rings films - absoluutely breath taking... We're going for a walk around the lake today and...

Hi all just a quick message to let you all know that we've just been on a Heli Hike at Fox Glacier and its by far the best thing we've done on the trip so far!! We got a helicopter ride half way up the glacier then got to walk around the middle of the glacier looking at all the formations and going in ice caves - a truly amazing experience !! bye for now - all our love Rob and Shelley

Hi All, we're half way through our 'Grand Kiwi' tour of New Zealand - we've been up to the Bay Of Islands from Aukland - down to Rotaruoa and finally made it to the South Island. I know you're not having a great summer but belive me it is FREEZING here - we've already blown our entire budget on thermal long-johns !! - v sexy !! and this is even before we hit the mountains !! We finish the tour next Friday then we'tre getting a camper van for our o...

hey all just a quick one, we have been here for 2 days and its freezing, big change to Fiji but fab to be in a city, lots of nice wine, cinemas and food, just like home minus the work hee hee. Off tomorrow on a tour for 15 days travelling down to Christchurch. Then we are hiring a campervan, yes you heard right, a campervan to go back to Auckland. Bet you never thought you would hear campervan and me in the same sentence but hey we are both broadening our...